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Quality Save aim for 50 new jobs with Walkden double takeover

Salford discount food and drink retailer Quality Save is set to take over a former bingo hall at Walkden’s Ellesmere Centre creating up to 50 jobs. Landlords...

Schoolboy, 12, hurt after being hit by car on way to Walkden High School

A young boy suffered injuries after being hit by a car as he walked to school in Walkden. The accident happened on Birch Road, near the junction with Lime Grove, shortly...

Barratt Homes offer up £1,000 cash pots to Salford groups

Housebuilder Barratt Homes has thrown open applications to it’s ‘legacy fund’ and local community groups can bid for up to £1,000. Barratt is building...

Treble-winning Mesne Lea netball team to rep Walkden in GM Games

​An unbeaten primary school netball team is on course to qualify for the Greater Manchester Summer School Games after a stellar season. The squad at Mesne Lea Primary...

100 years ago in Walkden: Shocking domestic violence case made worse by ignorant men

Domestic violence is sadly still a prevalent issue in Salford, but happily attitudes have changed somewhat since 1916. The Eccles and Patricroft Journal pulled no...

St George’s Day 2016: Is Walkden pub the best party in Salford?

Saturday 23 April is a time for celebration for England’s patron saint, but you might not know it in Salford. Every year the displays get fewer and farther...

Mum’s warning after finding parasitic wasp in Walkden KFC ricebox

A mum has warned local residents to check their food after she was served a wasp in a takeaway box from a Kentucky Fried Chicken in Walkden. Michele Carey, 44, visited...

TWO Duck Races, Easter Egg hunts, chocolate festival and more: Top 10 things to do in Salford this Easter Bank Holiday weekend

Salford has a packed event schedule over the next four days for the Easter Bank Holiday weekend. Salford Quays Duck Race – Good Friday 25 March – 12.30pm to...

Walkden pupil Dylan Rogers found safe and well

A missing boy from Little Hulton is understood to have been found safe and well. Police issued a missing persons alert for 11-year-old Dylan Rogers this evening through...

Police launch arson probe after Walkden fire wrecks garages

Police are investigating a suspected Walkden arson after a fire started on a garden fence spread to and destroyed two garages. Firefighters from Agecroft and Farnworth...